India Withdraws from Ayni Airbase:
India has officially concluded its presence at Tajikistan’s Ayni Airbase , ending a strategic chapter in Central Asia.The collaboration, initiated four years ago to revitalize the Soviet-era base, saw its end after a bilateral agreement on stationing Indian personnel at the location ended in 2022.
The base’s strategic utility expired after the collapse of India’s ally, the Northern Alliance, in Afghanistan and Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan in 2021. Ayni Airbase is located about 10 km west of Dushanbe, Tajikistan’s capital.
